After 46 years, Newport Beach jeweler J.C. Humphries is going to call it a career. The certified gemologist has cleaned countless watches, appraised countless diamonds, even waited on local legend John Wayne. Now he will close his store in the Courtyards shopping center at Harbor and Newport boulevards in a month or so, after his going-out-of-business sale has run its course.

After 46 years, Newport Beach jeweler J.C. Humphries is going to call it a career. The certified gemologist has cleaned countless watches, appraised countless diamonds, even waited on local legend John Wayne. Now he will close his store in the Courtyards shopping center at Harbor and Newport boulevards in a month or so, after his going-out-of-business sale has run its course.

Four people suspected of staging a daring robbery of a Costa Mesa jewelry store were arrested Monday after crashing their getaway vehicle as they fled from police, authorities said. The three men and one woman--whose names were not immediately available--suffered minor injuries when their getaway car crashed into a telephone pole near the intersection of Baker Street and Fernheath Lane in Costa Mesa, Police Lt. Sam Cordeiro said. The robbery occurred about 2:30 p.m. at J.C.